# Edward James Matzker, Jr. v. Raymond Herr, Sheriff, Richard A. Schaab, Lt. And Mary Pearsall, Corrections Officer

> Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · November 7, 1984 · 748 F.2d 1142

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9472850

## Case

- **Full name:** Edward James MATZKER, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Raymond HERR, Sheriff, Richard A. Schaab, Lt. and Mary Pearsall, Corrections Officer, Defendants-Appellees
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- **Decided:** November 7, 1984
- **Citations:** 748 F.2d 1142
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Cudahy
- **Judges:** Cudahy, Wood, Coffey
- **Cited by:** 171 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Overruled in part, on other grounds by Salazar v. City Of Chicago, 940 F.2d 233 (1991).
- Negative treatments: 2
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9472850

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that inmate who was denied dental care for three broken teeth stated an Eighth Amendment claim, observing that potential infection from the injury "could very easily become systemic”
- holding that plaintiff stated a claim for compensatory and punitive damages from jail officials for failing to reasonably protect him from attacks by fellow inmates

## Opinion text

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I agree fully with the majority but would go on- to urge appointment of counsel on remand. The five-factor analysis of Maclin v. Freake, 650 F.2d 885 (7th Cir.1981) (per curiam), strongly suggests such a course. See also Merritt v. Faulkner, 697 F.2d 761, 764 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 104 S.Ct. 434 (1983); McKeever v. Israel, 689 F.2d 1315, 1320-21 (7th Cir.1982). The colorability of plaintiff’s claim, together with his apparent disadvantage in investigating the facts, are particularly noteworthy.

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